CD studying races

[citycat]

Strictly from an owner perspective, I wish they would write more races on the grass for mid-level horses. You practically have to have a nice allowance horse to get the chance to run on the grass. I would love to see them write some 10/15/20/25 K claiming races on the grass. I bet you would have all full fields for those.

A couple of other thoughts:
1. A few more races on each end of the distance spectrum, maybe some 5 and 5 1/2f or some more 1 1/8 races.
2. Races for 5 yr old and up
3. Got to have many more 2yr old races in the fall meet
4. Bring back the 20K races. Currently we have only 16K and 25K claiming races. I dont know how we got on "odd" numbers at CD. What happened to 10/15/20/25/30 ??
5. How about some state-bred races? I know most of the horses are KY-bred but how come Ky is like the only state that doesnt have state-bred races?

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by citycat

Strictly from an owner perspective, I wish they would write more races on the grass for mid-level horses. You practically have to have a nice allowance horse to get the chance to run on the grass. I would love to see them write some 10/15/20/25 K claiming races on the grass. I bet you would have all full fields for those.

A couple of other thoughts:
1. A few more races on each end of the distance spectrum, maybe some 5 and 5 1/2f or some more 1 1/8 races.
2. Races for 5 yr old and up
3. Got to have many more 2yr old races in the fall meet
4. Bring back the 20K races. Currently we have only 16K and 25K claiming races. I dont know how we got on "odd" numbers at CD. What happened to 10/15/20/25/30 ??
5. How about some state-bred races? I know most of the horses are KY-bred but how come Ky is like the only state that doesnt have state-bred races?

CD protects the turf course at all cost, they had the rail up with one week left in the meet.
no disrespect, but the idea about about ky bred races has got to be the dumbest idea ever. The idea is to increase field sizes not to exclude the couple of horses that aren't KY breds.

[whodey17]

There are way too many vairables that go into what race attracts the most wagers. What other race was being runned at the same time at other tracks, was their a big carryover that day so people invested in that instead of the individual race, was there computer problems, was a big race coming up the following day, was there family reunions, etc etc. This is about impossible to figure out.

If they want to know what type of races us gamblers would wager on; then ask us. I think they will find commonalities and some great ideas. Here is what I think and I feel my thinking echos others thinking as well:

1) decrease takeout %
2) go to a 4 day race week with 8 or 9 races per day to increase field size
3) if you decrease the number of racing days and races then more horses would be nominated to a race. then you can split that race into two different races structuring the races for competitiveness. this way you may decrease the races where you get the 2/5 fav and add more value to the bettors.
4) offer rebates to the bettors instead of free programs, free admission or a free hot dog.

That is all I have for right now.

[unassailable08]

decreased takeout would be awesome